Mesopotamian Empires

Who was the person to unite Sumer and Akkad and create the world's first empire?

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

• King Tut

Who founded the Babylonian Empire?

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

• King Tut

How many laws made up Hammurabi's code?

• 200

• 300

• 282

• 382

What does "an eye for an eye" mean?

• Take an eye, give an eye

• An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind

• Punishments should be unfair

• Punishments should fit the crimes

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Assyrian empire?

• Turkey

• Sumer

• Iran

• Iraq

What made the Assyrian army so powerful?

• Their 50,000 soldiers

• Their brutality

• Iron weapons

• All of the above

What was the capital of the Assyrian empire?

• Nineveh

• Babylon

• Jerusalem

• Thebes

What were the political districts that Assyrian kings divided their land into called?

• tributes

• empires

• regions

• provinces

When the Chaldeans defeated the Assyrians, what did they make their new capitol?

• Nineveh

• Babylon

• Tigris

• Euphrates

Who was the king that ruled the New Babylonian Empire?

• Nabopolassar

• Uruk

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Marduk